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“Health Care is one of the most pressing issues facing this country and the world today. Both your health and wellness are very important so take care of it,” stated Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee WHAT: Wellness & Health Fair where some of the services to be provided are Cardiovascular, Internal Medicine, Nephrology, Onsite M.D. Consult…

I’ve talked about many things in African-American News& Issues over the past year, but one of my most interesting topics is the conversation about sex. I guess everybody gets a rise (no pun intended) in talking about how others feel about this human form of extracurricular activity. Since this is a family-oriented newspaper where thousands…

Oh Dear! During this blissful season, we will have be mindful about actively fighting against a very familiar enemy; holiday weight gain. This dreadful enemy is hidden in Mom’s apple pie, Me-Maw’s fat back and collard greens, Madea’s peach cobbler, and more recently added to the list is Aunt Pattie La’belle’s sweet potato pie. It…

Professor and Dean, College of Nursing Prairie View A&M University Dr. Betty N. Adams is Professor and Dean of Prairie View A&M University College of Nursing. In her leadership of 12 years, Dr. Adams has led in the expansion of programs and the acquisition of external funding, which has enhanced the recognition of the college.…

There’s nothing funkier than a stanky man, therefore, for the next couple of weeks I’m gonna talk about hygiene and give you fellers a few tips on how to keep yourselves looking “presentable”. Please pay attention: This is the 21st century. There are no Cro-Magnon or prehistoric males walking around here anymore. Some of y’all…

Smoking tobacco products causes at least five additional diseases than previously thought, and is responsible for the deaths of an additional 60,000 people above the approximately 500,000 Americans who die each year from smoking, according to a study recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine. Researchers found that smoking, which had been previously…

FORT HOOD – The world has become a very cynical place. It has become so prevalent in my own life and in my career field that I have become convinced that along with a score of 107 or higher in the General-Technical section of the ASVAB and the ability to type 20 words per minute,…

“I enjoy what I do, because I’m walking in my purpose” On a Sunday afternoon you can find Ashley Paige Turner reading “Half of a Yellow Sun” an evocative novel of the promise, hope, and disappointment of the Bifran War, but every day with four years of health experience and a conviction for helping individuals,…

By Roy Douglas Malonson, Publisher There are six elements that impact and control the world. Religion, media, politics, economics, education and health: RELIGION Religion controls the masses with a system of beliefs that has set standards, morals and values for generation. African-Americans have been taught since leaving the sunny African shores, that obedience, faith and religion go hand…

By Honorable Garnet Coleman When Republican states decided not to expand Medicaid, they didn’t hurt President Obama or the federal government; they hurt themselves. A growing number of Republican states are beginning to figure that out, according to this report by Kaiser. Medicaid Expansion has been one of the biggest successes of the Affordable Care…